Tablet Comparison: Which is Better, the LeapPad Ultimate or the Tagital T10K?

The LeapPad Ultimate is a 7″ educational tablet from LeapFrog and the Tagital T10K is a 10″ tablet designed for children, so how do they compare to each other? The Ultimate has a screen resolution of 1024×600 pixels whilst the T10K has a higher resolution, not uncommon in larger tablets, of 1280×800 pixels. Both tablets come with a protective case in different colours but the case of the T10K has an integral stand. The Ultimate has a stylus with a holder built into the case.

The T10K is an Android tablet running 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box and has Google Play pre-installed. The Ultimate is not an Android tablet, running Brio OS, and does not have access to Google Play or any other app store other than the LeapFrog App Center. The Ultimate does have a cartridge slot suitable for taking LeapFrog cartridges.

The Ultimate has 8 gigabytes (GB) of internal memory whilst the T10K has double that with 16 GB. The T10K also has a memory card slot, capable of taking memory cards up to 32 GB, whilst the Ultimate lacks one. The Ultimate has WiFi and a micro USB port; the T10K in addition has Bluetooth and a DC charging port.

Both tablets have front and rear cameras. The Ultimate’s cameras have a resolution of 2.0 megapixels (MP). The camera resolution of the T10K isn’t known for sure but it is believed that the front camera has a resolution of 0.3 MP and the rear 2.0 MP. Both tablets have a listed battery life of around 5 hours.

The Ultimate comes with LeapFrog’s own, strong and inflexible, parental controls. No user of the tablet has open access to the internet, instead only being able to visit around 1,000 pieces of hand-selected web content all of which is appropriate for children. The T10K has third party parental controls provided by iWawa. The Ultimate comes with some included content.

The initial difference between the two tablets is the size; at 10″ the T10K is noticeably larger than the Ultimate, which may make it harder to hold for smaller hands. The integral stand helps with this. Other than that, the Ultimate may have a better front-facing camera, but its internal memory is lower and it lacks a memory card slot. The LeapFrog tablet is first and foremost an educational tablet; it does not function at all well as a general-purpose tablet, lacking access to the apps and content seen on most tablets. If education and inflexible child safety are the primary requirements then the LeapPad Ultimate is a better tablet; otherwise, it lags behind the Tagital T10K in technical specs, adaptability and price of available content.